# Botticelli - January 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706 "2018-01-01T20:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/161 "2018-01-16T13:12:12Z")
IQ1: Are you a Brazilian footballer whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento? IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Jane’s Addiction? IQ3: Are you a longtime RCA recording artist and TV personality known for wearing cardigan sweaters? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/162 "2018-01-16T13:46:44Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature 6. European 7. British 8. First appeared before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/163 "2018-01-16T13:48:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Bowman’s shipmate? > Were you Arthur’s puppy? > Were you Brett’s boss? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/164 "2018-01-16T13:49:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Brazilian footballer whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento? > IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Jane’s Addiction? > IQ3: Are you a longtime RCA recording artist and TV personality known for wearing cardigan sweaters? 1. I am not Pele. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Perry Como. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/165 "2018-01-16T16:32:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Bowman’s shipmate? - Poole, in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ Were you Arthur’s puppy? - Pal, in the PBS kids’ cartoon series _Arthur_ Were you Brett’s boss? - Parker, in _Alien_ DQs: Good guy? First appeared before 1900? In a contemporary setting at the time he first appeared? IQs: Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in _The Hobbit_ movies? Were you a violently over-the-top fictional British criminal since 1950? Were you his even crazier brother? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/166 "2018-01-16T16:42:27Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature 6. European 7. British 8. First appeared before 1950 9. Good guy 10. First appeared after 1900 11. Did not in a setting contemporary with publication ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/167 "2018-01-16T16:44:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in _The Hobbit_ movies? > Were you a violently over-the-top fictional British criminal since 1950? > Were you his even crazier brother? 1. I am not Phil Rask. 2-3) I am neither Doug nor Dinsdale Piranha. At least, not today. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/168 "2018-01-16T18:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Brazilian footballer whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento? > IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Jane’s Addiction? > IQ3: Are you a longtime RCA recording artist and TV personality known for wearing cardigan sweaters? > > 1. I am not Pele. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Perry Como. Perry Farrell DQ: Adapted to film and/or TV? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/169 "2018-01-16T18:16:08Z")
IQ1: Did you usually segue your broadcasts with “and now, the rest of the story”? IQ2: Did you partner with Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff? IQ3: When asked “Why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?” did you respond “Because chiffon wrinkles too easily”? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/170 "2018-01-16T20:39:27Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature 6. European 7. British 8. First appeared before 1950 9. Good guy 10. First appeared after 1900 11. Did not in a setting contemporary with publication 12. Has been adapted to film and TV ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/171 "2018-01-16T20:40:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you usually segue your broadcasts with “and now, the rest of the story”? > IQ2: Did you partner with Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff? > IQ3: When asked “Why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?” did you respond “Because chiffon wrinkles too easily”? 1. I am not Paul Harvey, good day. 2. I am not Paul Winchell. 3. I am not Paul Lynde. (That’s a guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/172 "2018-01-16T22:21:30Z")
Previous IQs: Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in _The Hobbit_ movies? - I’ll rephrase. Were you a violently over-the-top fictional British criminal since 1950? - Yes, Doug… Were you his even crazier brother? - … or Dinsdale Piranha. IQs: You are not Phil Rask. Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in _The Hobbit_ movies? Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? Did Dame Judi Dench play you, a kindly Irishwoman, in a recent movie? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/173 "2018-01-16T22:25:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/174 "2018-01-16T22:35:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are not Phil Rask. Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in _The Hobbit_ movies? > Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? > Did Dame Judi Dench play you, a kindly Irishwoman, in a recent movie? Take a DQ for #1. #2. I am not Philoctetes. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/175 "2018-01-17T01:16:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Paul Harvey, good day. > 2. I am not Paul Winchell. > 3. I am not Paul Lynde. (That’s a guess.) Correct x3. Lynde said it on Hollywood Squares. IQ1: Are you an American record producer who was convicted of murder in 2009? IQ2: Is a line of guitars named after you? IQ3: Are you the drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/176 "2018-01-17T01:35:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Correct x3. Lynde said it on Hollywood Squares. > > IQ1: Are you an American record producer who was convicted of murder in 2009? > IQ2: Is a line of guitars named after you? > IQ3: Are you the drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd? 1. I am not Phil Spector. 2. I am not Les Paul. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/177 "2018-01-17T14:14:32Z")
Artemus Pyle DQ: Fantasy/Sci-fi genre? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/178 "2018-01-17T14:20:58Z")
IQ1: Did you masquerade as your enemy Gorlois and sleep with his wife? IQ2: Did you hunt for the Questing Beast? IQ3: Did you accompany Galahad in the quest for the Holy Grail? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/179 "2018-01-17T14:35:09Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature 6. European 7. British 8. First appeared before 1950 9. Good guy 10. First appeared after 1900 11. Did not in a setting contemporary with publication 12. Has been adapted to film and TV 13. Not of the fantasy/sci-fi genres ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/180 "2018-01-17T14:36:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you masquerade as your enemy Gorlois and sleep with his wife? > IQ2: Did you hunt for the Questing Beast? > IQ3: Did you accompany Galahad in the quest for the Holy Grail? 1. I am not Uther Pendragon. 2. I am not King Pellinore. 3. I am not Sir Percival/Parsifal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=10)